tag:www.redbubble.com,2005:/people/laughingmantis/portfolio/recentDaniel Brown: Recent Art, Design & Photographyhttp://ih2.redbubble.net/avatar.129281.60x60.jpg2015-03-31T22:20:00Ztag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/91496292012-07-24T19:05:23Z2014-05-03T06:26:23ZEastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio), 2012, Pencil
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/9149629-eastern-screech-owl-megascops-asio-2012-pencil"><img alt="Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio), 2012, Pencil" src="http://ih3.redbubble.net/image.12296851.9629/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>This is a drawing of an Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) of the “rufous morph” variety. The photo on which it is based was taken by a very nice man named Andy M¢ on Flickr who kindly gave me permission to use it in this artwork (here is the original photo).</p>
<p>Thanks to advice from the talented artist Glendon Mellow, I switched to using mechanical pencil for this drawing instead of traditional wood-encased lead pencils. The level of detail I can get is significantly better with the more-or-less constant diameter mechanical drafting pencil, and will be even greater once I buy a smaller diameter (I used 0.5mm for this one, but kept wishing I had a smaller one).</p>
<p>Side note: in high school, my zoology teacher Mr. Bob Ross once took our class out to the woods around Beaver Lake in Arkansas. There he taught us to actually call screech owls (as well as barred owls). I can’t call the screech owl very well any more, but I can still do a good barred owl. Mr. Ross was also one of my primary inspirations to eventually get my Ph.D. in biology.</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/91494362012-07-24T18:07:45Z2014-05-03T06:26:09ZRuby-Throated Hummingbird: Mother and Chick, 2012, Pencil
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/9149436-ruby-throated-hummingbird-mother-and-chick-2012-pencil"><img alt="Ruby-Throated Hummingbird: Mother and Chick, 2012, Pencil" src="http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.12296573.9436/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>This drawing is based on a photograph of a family of hummingbirds she captured in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas.</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/91493832012-07-24T17:53:09Z2014-05-03T06:26:06ZGorilla, 2012, Pencil
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/9149383-gorilla-2012-pencil"><img alt="Gorilla, 2012, Pencil" src="http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.12296526.9383/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>This gorilla drawing is based on a photograph taken by my brother-in-law, Rick Horton. I chose to draw it for the simple reason that I think the gorilla&#8217;s pose perfectly captures both the beauty and similarity to ourselves, as well as the sadness of the decline of our cousins, highlighted by his facial expression and presence on in an obviously captive setting. All gorillas are either endangered or critically endangered (though I&#8217;m not sure the exact subspecies of this guy).</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/87161162012-04-11T14:39:58Z2014-05-02T21:10:18ZOcean Invasion #12: We've Got Crabs
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/8716116-ocean-invasion-12-weve-got-crabs"><img alt="Ocean Invasion #12: We&#x27;ve Got Crabs" src="http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.11744767.6116/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>Blue crabs invade my friends’ apartment building. Note: In the original photo there is a street where there is now water.</p>
<p>This is the 12th in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.</p>
<p>Photo taken with iPhone cam. Crabs modeled in Blender (with reference photo help from Dr. Tom Shultz, molecular biologist at the Duke Marine Conservation Molecular Facility and Amy Frietag of the “Southern Fried Science” blog and Duke Marine Lab). Textured and post-processing in GIMP.</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/86787342012-04-02T16:29:49Z2014-05-02T20:21:56ZOcean Invasion #10: The Loggerheads Got In!
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/8678734-ocean-invasion-10-the-loggerheads-got-in"><img alt="Ocean Invasion #10: The Loggerheads Got In!" src="http://ih0.redbubble.net/image.11697920.8734/fp,375x360,black,off_white,box20,s,ffffff.jpg" /></a><p>Loggerhead sea turtles invade a kitchen like a a colony of ants.</p>
<p>This is the tenth in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.</p>
<p>This work was modeled using Blender software. Texturing and post-processing was done using GIMP. Completion took approximately one month on and off.</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/70907752011-04-26T21:32:39Z2014-05-06T10:51:51ZOahu Amakihi
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/7090775-oahu-amakihi"><img alt="Oahu Amakihi" src="http://ih3.redbubble.net/image.9876231.0775/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>Commissioned as a graduation present for a Ph.D. student in Hawaii (notice the islands in the pond) studying the Oahu Amakihi honeycreeper (the bird &#8211; note the island it&#8217;s perched on) and the disease ecology of malaria (mosquito).</p>
<p>Modeled &amp; rendered in Blender 2.57. Post-processing and texture creation in GIMP. Textures based on photos taken by the student.</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/63898532010-12-04T21:25:35Z2014-05-06T15:14:12ZOcean Invasion #9: Lionfish 1, Springbok 0
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/6389853-ocean-invasion-9-lionfish-1-springbok-0"><img alt="Ocean Invasion #9: Lionfish 1, Springbok 0" src="http://ih0.redbubble.net/image.9102511.9853/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>A voracioius lionfish on the heels of a springbok in the African savannah.</p>
<p>This is the ninth in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.</p>
<p>This piece was inspired by a marine biologist friend who is currently studying these invasive fish in Hawaii (Christie Wilcox of the popular &#8220;Observations of a Nerd&#8221; science blog).</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/57346342010-08-15T02:59:40Z2014-05-06T19:18:04ZOcean Invasion #8: Tending the Squid Hive
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/5734634-ocean-invasion-8-tending-the-squid-hive"><img alt="Ocean Invasion #8: Tending the Squid Hive" src="http://ih0.redbubble.net/image.8389075.4634/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>Squid tend to their paper nest amidst the spanish moss of a southern bayou.</p>
<p>This is the eighth in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/56696102010-08-04T01:24:24Z2014-05-06T19:26:48ZOcean Invasion #7: The Great Migration
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/5669610-ocean-invasion-7-the-great-migration"><img alt="Ocean Invasion #7: The Great Migration" src="http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.8328120.9610/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>The Manta Rays take up their seasonal invasion.</p>
<p>This is the seventh in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/54981092010-07-06T03:21:00Z2014-05-06T20:26:59ZOut of Warranty
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/5498109-out-of-warranty"><img alt="Out of Warranty" src="http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.8136855.8109/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>This idea came to me when I saw the call for submissions for Blender Art Magazine #29 &#8211; Industrial Revolution.</p>
<p>The piece is inspired by both the industrial revolution and it&#8217;s eventual hand in the oil spill in the gulf.</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/54530162010-06-28T04:15:10Z2010-10-29T15:07:59ZOcean Invasion #6: Jellyfish Fields
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/5453016-ocean-invasion-6-jellyfish-fields"><img alt="Ocean Invasion #6: Jellyfish Fields" src="http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.8082907.3016/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>The jellies come out beneath a full moon.</p>
<p>This is the sixth in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/54067542010-06-21T02:51:48Z2014-05-06T20:51:15ZOcean Invasion #5: Prawns of the Sonoran
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/5406754-ocean-invasion-5-prawns-of-the-sonoran"><img alt="Ocean Invasion #5: Prawns of the Sonoran" src="http://ih3.redbubble.net/image.8038911.6754/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>Shrimp make a living amongst saguaro cactus needles.</p>
<p>This is the fifth in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/53824702010-06-16T17:48:12Z2014-05-06T21:11:53ZOcean Invasion #4: Crystal Cave of the Landhorse
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/5382470-ocean-invasion-4-crystal-cave-of-the-landhorse"><img alt="Ocean Invasion #4: Crystal Cave of the Landhorse" src="http://ih3.redbubble.net/image.8012477.2470/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>A family of landhorses enjoy the quiet solitude of their crystal cavern abode.</p>
<p>This is the fourth in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/53645352010-06-14T00:06:54Z2014-05-06T21:17:28ZOcean Invasion #3: First Breakfast
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/5364535-ocean-invasion-3-first-breakfast"><img alt="Ocean Invasion #3: First Breakfast" src="http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.7994040.4535/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>A sergeant major fish brings her new babies their first meal.</p>
<p>This is the third in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/52998052010-06-03T03:39:31Z2014-04-16T02:49:43ZVisio Dei
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/5299805-visio-dei"><img alt="Visio Dei" src="http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.7922944.9805/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>Can you see the sideways half face formed by the scene?</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/52997972010-06-03T03:37:09Z2014-05-06T21:25:33ZLife Reaching Light (and Vice Versa)
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/5299797-life-reaching-light-and-vice-versa"><img alt="Life Reaching Light (and Vice Versa)" src="http://ih0.redbubble.net/image.7922923.9797/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>Multiple long exposure moon photographs with digital alteration.</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/52997582010-06-03T03:26:35Z2014-05-06T21:43:05ZEchinodermata
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/5299758-echinodermata"><img alt="Echinodermata" src="http://ih3.redbubble.net/image.7994470.9758/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>Phylogeny of the echinoderms<br />A cladogram in the sand depicts the evolutionary relationships between the five classes of echinoderms: asteroidea (sea stars), ophiuroidia (brittle stars), echinoidea (sea urchins and sand dollars), holothuroidea (sea cucumbers), and crinoidea (sea lillies and feathers).</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/52996712010-06-03T03:09:45Z2014-05-06T21:43:15ZOcean Invasion #2: Nectar for the Orcas
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/5299671-ocean-invasion-2-nectar-for-the-orcas"><img alt="Ocean Invasion #2: Nectar for the Orcas" src="http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.7994017.9671/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>Killer whales feasting on the sweet nectar within petunias.</p>
<p>This is the second in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/52996342010-06-03T03:02:31Z2014-05-06T21:05:05ZOcean Invasion #1: Octopus arborealus
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/5299634-ocean-invasion-1-octopus-arborealus"><img alt="Ocean Invasion #1: Octopus arborealus" src="http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.7994006.9634/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>A fantastical tree octopus dining on velociraptor</p>
<p>This is the first in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantistag:www.redbubble.com,2005:ImageWork/52995772010-06-03T02:45:37Z2014-05-06T21:04:06ZK-T
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis/works/5299577-k-t"><img alt="K-T" src="http://ih0.redbubble.net/image.7994544.9577/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg" /></a><p>The Cretacious-Tertiary Boundary<br />Sixty-five million years ago, a daily struggle occurs in the midst of the world-changing event that would result in the demise of the non-avian dinosaurs and the rise of our own lineage of mammals. The mammals in this case are &#8220;cynodonts&#8221; &#8211; our ancestors in the late Cretaceous. This took me three weeks to create, using Blender and GIMP software packages.</p> Daniel Brownhttp://www.redbubble.com/people/laughingmantis